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Diaphoresis
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Perspiration
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Anorexia
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Diminished appetite or aversion of food
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Apex
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The extremity of a conical or pyramidal structure.
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Occult
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Hidden, concealed
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Felid
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Foul smelling
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Viable
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Capable of living. Denoting a fetus sufficiently developed to live outside the uterus.
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Atelectasis
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Airlessness of the lungs due to failure of expansion or reabsorption of air from alveoli
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Transient
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A short-lived cardiac sound having little duration as compared to a mumer
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Postprandial
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Following a meal
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Icterus
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Jaundice
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Aneurysm
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Circumscribed dilation of an artery or blood containing tumor, connecting directly with the lumen of an artery.
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Pile
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An individual hemorrhoidal tumor
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Stenosis
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A narrowing of any canal; a stricture; especially the narrowing of one of the cardiac valves
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Ictal
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Relating to or caused by a stroke or seizure
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Anomaly
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Deviation from the normal, contrary to a general rule
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Malinger
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One who feigns illnes
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Adhesion
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The process of adhering or uniting of two surfaces or parts, especially the union of the opposing surfaces of a wound
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Viscosity
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Stickiness, adhesiveness. In general, the resistance to flow or alteration of shape by any substance as a result of molecular cohesion.
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Regurgitation
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A backward flow, as of blood through an incompetent valve of the heart.
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Benign
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The mild character of an illness or the nonmalignant character of a neoplasm.
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Alimentation
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Providing nourishment
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Shunt
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To change direction; divert
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Cerumen
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Earwax
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Distress
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Mental or physical suffering or anguish.
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Adipose
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Fatty; relating to fat
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Pica
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A depraved or perverted appetite. A hunger for substances not fit for food.
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Bilious
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Relating to bile
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Alopecia
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Baldness; loss of hair
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Extravaste
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To exude or pass out of a vessel into the tissues. Blood, lymph, urine.
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Flaccid
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Relaxed, flabby, without tone
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Nuchal
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The nape of the neck, back of the neck
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Paroxysm
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A sharp spasm or convulsion
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Stridor
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A high-pitched, noisy respiration like the blowing of the wind. A symptom of respiratory obstruction; especially the trachea, larynx
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Urticaria
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Hives. An eruption of itching wheals. Usually of systemic origin. May be due to hypersensitivity.
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Metastasis
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The shifting of a disease, or its local manifestations, from one part of the body to another.
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Apoplexy
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A classical term for cerebral hemorrhage, thrombus, embolism or vasospasm. Also called stroke, CVA
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Syndrome
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The aggregation of signs and symptoms associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease
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Perforate
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Pierced with one or more holes
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Perfusion
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Artificial passage of fluid through blood vessels
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Sepsis
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The presence of various pus forming or other pathogenic organisms, or their toxins in the blood or tissues
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Obesity
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Fattiness, corpulence; an abnormal increase of fat in the subcutaneous connective tissue
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Pan
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All; entire.
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Nystagmus
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Rhythmical oscillation of the eyeballs, horizontal, vertical or rotary.
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Prosthesis
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A fabricated substitute for a missing part of the body
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Catarrh
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Simple inflammation of a mucus membrane, properly, chronic rhinitis
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Insufficiency
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Lack of completeness of function or of power
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Contraindication
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Any special symptom or circumstance that renders the use of a remedy or the carrying out of a procedure inadvisable
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Superficial
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On, near, or relating to the surface
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Radiation (in reference to pain)
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The act or condition of diverging in all directions from a center
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Chief Complaint
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A malady, disease or symptom; or the description of it
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Tinnitus
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Noises in the ears
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Shock
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A sudden physical or mental disturbance
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Parenteral
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By some other means than through the elementary canal. Referring to the introduction or nutritive matter into veins and subcutaneous tissue
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Exophthalmos
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Protrusion of the eyeballs
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Crepitation
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1. Crackling; the quality or sound of a rale, which resembles noise, heard on rubbing hair between fingers.
2. The sensation felt on placing the hand over the seat of a fracture when the broken ends of the bones are moved, or over tissue in which gas gangrene is present 3. Noise or vibration produced by rubbing bone or irregular cartilage surfaces together as by movement of patella. |
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Micturition
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Urination. The desire to urinate or frequent urination.
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Turgor
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Fullness
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Calculus
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A concentration formed in any part of the body, usually composed of salts of organic and inorganic acids or other material
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Lymphadenopathy
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Any disease process affecting a lymph node or nodes
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Differential Diagnosis
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The determination of which of two or more diseases with similar symptoms, is the one from which the patient is suffering
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Nevus
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Birthmark. A circumscribed malformation of skin especially if colored by hyper pigmentation or increased vacularity
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Diuresis
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Excretion of urine. Commonly denotes production of unusually large amount of urine
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Somatic
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Relating to the soma or trunk. Relationg to the body. Physical
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Adventitous
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Coming from without, entrinsic. Accidental
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Rales
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A small rhonchus. An adventitious sound of varied character, heard on auscultation of the chest in may causes of diseases of lungs or bronchi
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Normatensive
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Indicating a normal arterial blood pressure
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Scotoma
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An isolated area of varying size and shape, within the visual field, in which vision is absent or depressed
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Incontinence
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Inability to prevent the discharge of any of the excretions; especially urine or feces
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Fasciculation
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Involuntary contractions or twitching or groups of muscle fibers, a courser form of muscular contraction than fibrillations
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Broad Spectrum
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A term indicating a broad range of activity of an antibiotic against a wide variety microorganisms
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Uremia
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Azotemis; An excess of urea or nitrogenous wastes in the blood
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Clubbing
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Broadening and thickening of ends of fingers; seen in chronic pulmonary disease
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Nocturnal Dyspnea
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Shortness or breath; subjective difficulty breathing, appearing suddenly at night,waking the patient preventing an hour or two or sleep
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Serology
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The branch of science dealing with serum; especially with specific immune or lytic serums
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Angina pectoris
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Severe constricting pain in the chest, often radiating from the precordium to the left shoulder and down the arm due to ischemia of the heart muscles, usually caused by coronary disease
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Formication
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An abnormal sensation resembling that made by insects creeping in or on the skin
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Edema
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An accumulation of an excessive amount of fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities
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Anasarca
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A generalized infiltration of edema fluid int subcutaneous connective tissue.
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Ascites
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An accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity
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Idiopathic
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Denoting a disease of unknown cause
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Etiology
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Causation; the doctrine of causes; specifically the cause of disease
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Iatrogenic
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Resulting from, or in the course of, activities of a doctor or surgeon.
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Pathognomonic
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Characteristic or indicative of a disease; denoting one or two specific symptoms
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Pathogenesis
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The mode of origin or development of any disease or morbid process.
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Cachexia
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A general lack of nutrition and wasting occurring in the course of a chronic disease or emotional distrubance
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Asthenia
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Weakness, debility
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Emaciation
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Extreme loss of flesh; growing lean.
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Murmur
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soft sound, like that made by a somewhat forcible expiration such as the mouth opening; heard on auscultation of the heart, lungs or blood vessels
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Bruit
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An ausculatory sound, especially an abnormal one
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Thrill
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The vibration accompanying a cardiac murmur which can be felt on palpation.
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Suppuration
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The formation of pus
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Purulent
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Suppurative; suppurating. Containing or forming pus
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Prodromal
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An early or premonitory symptom of a disease
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Sequela
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A morbid condition following as a consequence of a disease
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Symptom
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Any morbid phenomenon or departure from the normal in function, appearance or sensation, experienced by the patient and indicative of a disease. Subjective sign of a disease.
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Sign
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Any abnormality indicative of a disease discoverable by the physician at his examination. Objective symptom of a disease
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Vertigo
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A sensation of irregular or whirling motion either of oneself or of external objects.
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Syncope
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Fainting; a swoon. A sudden fall in blood pressure or of the cardiac systole resulting in cerebral anemia and more or less complete loss of consciousness.
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Pyrexia
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Fever
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Febrile
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Feverish. Pyretic. Relating to fever
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Acute
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A short and sharp course. Not chronic. Said of a disease.
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Chronic
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Of long duration. Denoting disease of slow progress and long continuance.
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Insidious
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Denoting a disease that progresses with few or no symptoms to indicate its gravity.
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Prostate
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Gland
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Prostrate
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Marked loss of strength, as in exhaustion.
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Ecchymosis
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A purplish patch caused by extravasation of blood into the skin
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Petechiae
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Minute hemorrhagic spots, of pinpoint to pinhead size in the skin
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Remission
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Abatement or lessening in severity of the symptoms of a disease.
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Relapse
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The return of a disease after it had once spent its course
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Exudate
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Passage of fluid, often coagulable, or blood cells, into tissues or cavities, especially as a result of increased vascular permeability.
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Transudate
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Term given to solvents and solutes that pass through membranes, such as the capillary wall, as a result of difference in hydrostatic pressure; the solvent filters through, and caries with it any solutes to which the membrane is permeable
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Palliative
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Mitigating-reducing the severity of denoting a method of treatment of a disease or its symptoms
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Prophylaxis
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The prevention of disease. To guard before, take precaution
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Endogeneous
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Originating or produced within the organism or one of its parts
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Exogeneous
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Originating or produced outside
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Palpate
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To examine by feeling and pressing with the palms of the hands and fingers
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Palpitate
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Forcible pulsation of the heart perceptible to the patient, usually with and increase in frequency, with or without irregularity in rhythm.
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Inspection
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To examine by looking
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Auscultation
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Listening to the sounds made by the thoracic or abdominal viscera, by the contracting muscles, by the blood in the vessels, by the fetus in utero, or to the sounds in any other internal parts of the body
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Percussion
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A diagnostic procedure designed to determine the density of a part by means of tapping the surface with a finger or presser.
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Melena
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The passage of dark colored or tarry stools, due to the presence of blood altered by intestinal juices
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Hematochezia
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The passage of bloody stools, in contradistinction to melena or tarry stools
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Hematemesis
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Vomiting of blood
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Hemoptysis
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Pulmonary hemorrhage; the spitting of blood derived from the lungs or bronchial tubes
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Epistaxis
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Nosebleed. Nasal hemorrhage
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Hematuria
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Any condition in which the urine contains blood or red blood cells
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Paresthesis
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An abnormal, spontaneous sensation, such as burning, prickling, tingling or tickling
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Anesthesia
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A state characterized by loss of sensation, the result of pharmacological depression of nerve function or a neurological disease
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Paralysis
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Loss of power of a voluntary muscle through injury or disease of it nerve supply. Loss of any function
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Resonance
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The sound obtained on percussing a part that can vibrate freely.
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Dullness
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The character of the sound obtained by percussing over a solid part, which is incapable of vibrating
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Tympany
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Low pitched, resonant drum lik sound; note obtained by percussing the surface of a large air containing space
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Rigidity
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Rigor
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Rebound Tenderness
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Felt when pressure, particularly abdominal pressure, is suddenly released.
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Flatulence
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The presence of an excessive amount of gas in the stomach and/or small intestines
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Flatus
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Expired air. Gas in the stomach or small intestine. Eructation.
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Eructation
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Belching. The raising of gas or a small amount of acid fluid from the stomach
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Systemic
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Relating to a system in any sense. Arranged according to a system
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Localized
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Restricted or limited to a definite part
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Functional Disease
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Nonorganic; ailment is one that is not caused by a structural defect.
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Organic Disease
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Relating to an organ
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Inanition
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Exhaustion from lack of food or defect in assimilation
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Lethargy
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A state of deep or prolonged unconsciousness resembling profound slumbers from which the person can be aroused, but into which he immediately relapses.
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Stupor
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Lethargy; unconsciousness
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Obtund
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To dull or blunt. Especially to blunt sensation or deaden pain.
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Somnolent
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Sleepy, drowsy, having an inclination to sleep. In a condition of incomplete sleep. Semicomatose
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Claudication
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Charcots' syndrome: a condition caused by ischemia of the leg muscles due to sclerosis with narrowing of the arteries. Attacks are characterized by lameness and pain usually brought on by walking.
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Ischemia
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Hypoemia. Local anemia due to mechanical obstruction to the blood supply.
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Stricture
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A circumscribed narrowing or stenosis of a tubular structure.
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Stenosis
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A narrowing of any canal; a stricture; especially the narrowing of one of the cardiac valves
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Atresia
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Absence of a normal opening or normally patent lumen
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Occlusion
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The act of closing or the state of being closed
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Contralateral
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Relating to the opposite side, as when pain is felt or paralysis occurs on the side opposite to that of the lesion
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Ipsilateral
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On the same side; denoting especially motor or sensory disorders occurring on the same side as the causative brain lesion.
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Parity
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The state of having given birth to an infant or infants, alive or dead.
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Gravida
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A pregnant woman
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Dilation
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Enlargement of a cavity, canal, blood vessel, or opening occurring physiologically or made artificially.
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Constriction
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Binding or contracting of a part, stricture, stenosis.
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Gavage
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Feeding by the belly tube
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Lavage
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The washing out of a hollow organ i.e. stomach or lower bowel, by copious injections and rejections of water
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Dehiscence
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A bursting open, splitting or gasping by the divergence of parts
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Evisceration
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To disembowel. Protrusion of the abdominal viscera through a defect created by wound dehiscence
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Fistula
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A pathologic sinus or abnormal passage leading from an abscess cavity or a hollow organ, to the surface or from one organ to another
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Fissure
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A deep furrow, cleft or split
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Distal
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Situated away from the center of the body, or from the point of origin. Specifically applied to the extremities or distant part of a limb or organ
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Proximal
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Nearest the flank or point of origin; said of part of a limb, artery, and nerve etc., so situated
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Expectorate
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To spit, to eject saliva, mucus or other fluid from the mouth
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Tussive
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Relating to a cough
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Compliance
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The ease (measure of) with which a structure or substance may be deformed. Usually a measure of the ease with which a hollow viscus may be distended
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Efficacy
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The power to produce an effect
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Contraction
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A shortening or increase in tension denoting the normal function of muscular tissue. A shrinkage or reduction in size
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Contracture
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A permanent muscular contraction due to tonic spasm or to loss of muscular equilibrium, the antagonists being paralyzed
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Diabetes mellitus
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A metabolic disease in which carbohydrate utilization is reduced and that of lipid and protein enhanced. It is caused by a deficiency of insulin and is characterized in more severe form by glycosuria, water and electrolyte loss, ketoacidosis and coma. Chronic complications include neuropathy, retinopathy, nephropathy, and generalized degenerative changes in large and small blood vessels.
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Diabetes insipidus
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The chronic excretion of very large amount of pale urine of low specific gravity, accompanied by extreme thirst. It ordinarily results from inadequate output of pituitary ADH, though it may be mimicked as a result of excessive fluid intake in emotionally disturbed individuals
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